Marvel is continuing to bolster the status of heroines with a new Spider-Gwen comic book. The new series bringing back Gwen Stacy from the dead was unveiled yesterday by writer Jason Latour and artists Robbi Rodriguez and Rico Renzi. In this parallel universe the radioactive spider bit Stacy instead of Peter Parker. This first issue will pick up with Stacy recovering from Parker's death.
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Latour told USA Today about what will set apart his series from Spider-Man:
Gwen is definitely not Peter, and not just because she uses smartphones and, instead of verbalizing her banter mocking villains, spray-paints it all over the city.
Peter's Aunt May and late Uncle Ben were more of a liberal, "it takes a village to raIse a child" kind of parents, according to Latour. Conversely, Gwen is the daughter of a police captain who stands up for the weak and is a shield keeping New Yorkers safe from criminals.
...Latour's Vulture is very similar to the original-recipe winged villain, but in Spider-Gwen Matt Murdock isn't that good a guy and Frank Castle is a tough cop instead of a vigilante who wears a Punisher skull on his chest. Plus, just because Peter Parker's gone doesn't mean his aunt and uncle are, too — Latour plans on showing May and Ben Parker's reaction to Spider-Woman being held responsible for their nephew's death.
Stacy originally died back in 1973 in a battle between Spider-Man and Green Goblin. Before this new comic she was featured in Edge of Spider-Verse No. 2, which sold out and needed multiple reprints. We can expect the same enthusiastic response for Gwen's own comic.
[via USA Today]
